In 2004, they did a card referencing it with the couple pregnant
Cascade cards are right at home in these strategies
You're leaning really hard into the cost reduction, but that's a strong enough incentive to consider this 2-mana legend as your commander
The bigger problem is that, in the year 2017, the industry standard for digital TCGs / CCGs is that creating an account is at the very least free, with many offering new players a way to earn cards without spending money
And with probably more Shield Counters than you can count on what's left of your two hands in a dedicated strategy, you can use Falco's ability to remove a counter that's already provided inherent value and gain even more tempo by casting spells from the top of your deck
The long and short of it is that its a 2/1 for G, which is a significant downgrade from Hexdrinker but a big step in allowing green to get away from mana acceleration in Cube and opening up more space for green as an aggressive color